A Warning Heeded with a New Refrigerator
Our refrigerator was 23 years old, and because it still worked, we were not motivated to replace it until now. How could we ignore such a warning as this?
Food
Recipe: Herbed Portabella Quinoa Pilaf
This recipe occurred mostly as an excuse to use a the plethora of fresh herbs and peppers we have in the garden…
Harvesting Tomatoes From Our Yard
We have been bringing in these beauties and mostly roasting them. The abundance is wonderful!
Camp Food
We have mostly been featuring hearty breakfasts, having made muesli and bird seed bars before we came, and supplementing that with oatmeal and fresh fruit.
Best Tacos in California
Connoisseurs of tacos say these are the best tacos in California. Chandos Tacos has a food truck that our older daughter frequents in downtown Sacramento on workdays, but we went to one of their restaurant locations on our way back into town.
Great Weekend in Sacramento
We had a wonderful weekend in Sacramento. We arrived in time for a Friday night dinner reservation, and had a jubilant meal full of many toasts for being together
Liz’s Peach Crumble Recipe and Artwork
She made us the delicious peach crumble you see above, so I begged the recipe to share with you, which you can find in the first photo below.
Recipe: Spinach Quiche
This is my husband’s classic spinach quiche recipe that he has made ever since I’ve known him. It has multiple roots in his life including a year abroad in France.
Recipe: Our Best Berry Cobbler
What better way to honor our veterans on Memorial Day than with the best berry cobbler?
This is really delicious and very easy, although a food processor to pulse the crumble in does help.
Are You Buying Fake Olive Oil or Real?
Suffice it to say it is a very corrupt business. Studies at the University of California state that 73% of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil on US shelves DID NOT MEET standards for genuine olive oil.
Cookbook Recommendation: Breakfast
This would be a lovely gift for a wedding shower, for Father’s Day for those breakfast-making-dads, or check it out from the library for yourself!
Recipe: Apple Cauliflower Pistachio Salad with Black Peppercorn/Red Onion Vinaigrette
This is unexpectedly delicious.
I crushed our peppercorns in a mortar and pestle, and the lemon on the apples is so they don’t turn brown. I toasted the pistachios in a 400 degree oven until fragrant.
Recent Food Around Here
Photos on this post show what we’ve been eating lately. The links below show (in no particular order) the recipes for what you see here that are already on the blog
Recipe: Quick Broiled Eggplant Parmesan
f you want a simple quick, delicious lunch or side dish with a similar effect (but without bread and not fried) try this recipe! It was a revelation to me
Recipe: Cheese, Onion and Garlic Strata
This is delicious, and is a great way to use up stale bread as well as miscellaneous cheeses. It is easy to make and the leftovers taste just as good warmed up for a quick meal. This may also be prepared in advance and refrigerated until you are ready to bake it.
Recipe: Mushroom Tilapia Casserole with Eggplant Sauce
The flavors here are intense and earthy, and the after-glow is better than the most sought after comfort food. This actually feels as good as it tastes, if that makes any sense.
Plants in Our Cold Frame Survived SubZero Temperatures!
Today the snow finally melted enough to scrape off the top of the cold frame and peer inside, and to our surprise arugula, spinach, radishes and cabbages are blithely continuing to grow looking no worse for the lack of light and the record low temperatures!